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20 Oct 02:05

Layoffs Mark Next Stage of Cannabis Industry Cutbacks - Green Market Report

In an untold number of cases, jobs were likely saved by the market's pandemic performance. Good fortunes began to turn in 2021 and into 2022, as the ...
20 Oct 02:05

Rapid-Delivery Startup Gopuff Fires Hundreds in Third Round of Layoffs - Bloomberg.com

The Philadelphia-based company has recently laid off as many as 250 employees, according to people familiar with the matter. The job reductions ...
20 Oct 02:05

Tech Giant Lays Of Loads Of Workers, But Won't Say How Many - Tell Me Best

Today sadly, it's the Microsoft layoffs. More than likely, the company did this because it will announce this quarter's earnings on October 25.
20 Oct 02:05

Microsoft Reportedly Initiates Layoffs - Dice Insights

In July, a Bloomberg report suggested the company would cut back on open jobs, even in “hot” arenas such as cybersecurity and its Azure cloud platform ...
20 Oct 01:59

Top 10 Most Popular Web Series

Interested in web series? Here is a list of some popular ones you might enjoy, and they're all on Netflix!
20 Oct 01:58

Don't you dare cancel on ME!

by /u/huckinfell2019
20 Oct 01:58

The most scariest ghost of them all

by /u/nyl2k8
20 Oct 01:58

Great first date

by /u/jtyxx
20 Oct 01:56

Venezuela Opposition Leader Returns Home, Testing Maduro

Opposition leader Juan Guaidó staged a dramatic return to Venezuela despite government threats to arrest him, energizing the country’s opposition and raising the stakes in the political showdown with President Nicolás Maduro’s government.
20 Oct 01:44

Vote for Trump in 2024? Pence says 'there might be somebody else I prefer.'

18 Nov 21:42

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18 Nov 21:35

Black Batch Spirit

by Yuliana Bourdin

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Mr Copperhead has added witchcraft to his gin. The notorious alchemist is on a constant search to improve and elevate his elixir of life. His enchantment with witchcraft, life prolongation and the elder tree pushed him to explore the elderberry bush that is said to have healing properties and the power to repel evil. So then it would come as no surprise that Mr Copperhead took those pitch-black berries from the Sambucus Nigra shrub and improved his spirit to stimulate the immune system.

The Alchemist’s gin, Copperhead’s Black Batch is a surprise for the senses with the careful balance between the black elderberries and black Ceylon tea that creates an exquisite variant of the original Copperhead recipe. Combined with juniper berries, orange zest, angelica root, cardamom and coriander seeds, the gin has a more intense herby and floral, more than the traditional gin – but in the best way possible. It’s combined with a dark and spicy flavor with a soft citrus kick. This is more than regular fin and spring fields of flowers. This is powerful stuff with a 42% ABV. You should probably try it. Welcome to the dark side of gin folks.

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18 Nov 21:29

5 Surprising Uses for Vodka

by Special Guest
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I an disappointed they missed that vodka is good for keeping homemade ice cream scoopable

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Labeled as one of the most popular spirits throughout the world, the uniqueness of vodka stems from its versatility as it can be consumed straight up or used in a variety of mixed drinks to create a plethora of delectable concoctions. However, its uses many also extend beyond the confines of bars, clubs, or party scenes as it can be used as an ingredient in some fantastic dishes or as an alternative to your average household objects. With that said here are the 5 surprising uses for vodka.

Treating Poison Ivy
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While the origins of this versatile drink are still unknown, it has been established that since the Middle Ages vodka was used as a form of medicine to heal certain afflictions such as inflammations from bacteria or poisons. In this case, vodka can be used to cleanse and soothe poison ivy by pouring the liquid on the area the rash forms. By doing this the ivy’s irritating oils are cleansed away preventing the wretched itchy feeling. While it is wasting a fine drink, it is a suitable alternative to rubbing alcohol.

Drunken Shrimp Scampi
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Shrimp scampi is incredibly delicious and aromatic with whatever array of spices you wish to add in (provided that they don’t clash). Drunken Shrimp Adding vodka to the mix however not only tenderizes and flavors the shrimp but also bolsters the flavor of the sauce it is cooked in.

Orange-Vanilla Ricotta Cheesecake
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Orange vanilla Creamsicles have always been a delight on a hot summer day whenever regular popsicles could not do justice. But do you ever wonder what would happen if you took these two flavors plus vodka and combine them with a delicious ricotta cheesecake? The result is a smooth and exquisite cake with a vodka infused marmalade gaze with a hint of vodka and you will have created a delicious alcohol infused dessert perfect for dinner parties or social gatherings.

Ear Aches
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It comes as no surprise to hear about how vodka has enough strength to eliminate bacteria when you look at the high alcohol content printed on the label. This makes it perfect for not only treating poison ivy but also ear aches. Just pour a few drops in your ear and let it sit for a few minutes before draining and voila!

Have a Mold Problem?
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If you have a huge mold problem and plenty of bottom-shelf vodka you are willing to part with then you can put it all to good use. All you have to do is pour some inside a spray bottle and spritz it on the mold. Let it sit for approximately 15 minutes before scrubbing it all away with any hard brush in your possession.

 

 

18 Nov 19:48

Small pot gardens get OK in rural Sonoma County

by By GUY KOVNERThe press democrat

Small-scale commercial marijuana gardens would be permitted in Sonoma County’s rural residential areas under a medical cannabis zoning ordinance approved by the county Planning Commission on Thursday night.

The vote followed a renewed dispute between growers and residents who don’t want the plant cultivated in their neighborhoods.

The five-member commission’s final vote was unanimous, but it acknowledged an impassioned plea by Commissioner Willie Lamberson to reject the so-called “cottage grows” in two rural residential zones.

“Wherever marijuana goes, crimes follow. That’s a fact,” Lamberson said. “Nothing good will come of this.”

In a direct appeal to his fellow commissioners, Lamberson, who represents the Fourth District, said: “In good conscience, I can’t vote for something I would not want for myself,” adding that his colleagues should take the same approach.

“Let’s be honest here,” he said. “Eighty or 90 percent of this cannabis ain’t going to dispensaries.”

The proposed land use rules, drafted in a hurry by county officials in the past 10 months, apply only to medical cannabis cultivation and other businesses in the unincorporated area outside the county’s nine cities.

State officials are in the process of establishing regulations for medical pot based on a law enacted by the Legislature last year, and California voters approved adult recreational use of marijuana at the polls last week.

Lamberson’s motion to prohibit small crops — up to 25 plants outdoors, 500 square feet indoors or 2,500 square feet in greenhouses — in rural residential areas died for lack of a second.

“There’s thousands of these already,” Commissioner Komron Shahhosseini said, moving for approval of the staff recommendation to allow cottage grows in agricultural, resource and rural residential areas.

Commission Chairwoman Pamela Davis suggested an amendment banning small outdoor grows, but Shahhosseini refused to accept it.

His motion was initially approved 4-1, with Lamberson dissenting, but the panel ultimately cast a 5-0 vote that acknowledged Lamberson’s objection.

The proposed zoning ordinance, which now moves to a public hearing before the Board of Supervisors on Dec. 6, allows residents to grow six plants or up to 100 square feet per residence for personal use.

That provision and licenses for marijuana dispensaries take effect in 30 days after approval, officials said.

County permits for all other medical cannabis operations, including manufacturing, testing, distributing and transporting, will not be issued until the supervisors propose and voters approve a county marijuana tax aimed for vote in March.

If the tax is not approved, the county will be unable to issue the permits, said Jennifer Barrett, deputy director of planning for Permit Sonoma.

The state medical cannabis law and Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, both allow cities and counties to tax marijuana, and they also give local governments the power to restrict or ban marijuana businesses.

From the time it was introduced six weeks ago, the county’s marijuana zoning measure has pitted small family farmers, who make up the bulk of the local industry, against rural residents.

Michael Hilber, a southwest Santa Rosa resident, urged the commission Thursday to prohibit all commercial activity in rural areas.

“I expect to see a lot of noncompliance,” he said, calling the county’s proposed civil code enforcement procedure inadequate.

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18 Nov 19:31

Birthday of the Day: Mickey Mouse, the Funny Cartoon Character, Turns 88

Wow, can you believe it, Mickey Mouse is 88. That hilarious cartoon character that has made us laugh for generations is just 12 years shy of 100.

Premiering in 1928’s cartoon classic "Steamboat Willie," in which Mickey, in the role of Willie, drove a steamboat — stop it, it’s too funny — Mickey was created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwreks. Mickey was based on an earlier cartoon called Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Because Oswald was owned by Universal, Disney rebranded the character and started making his own cartoons. Oswald, I’m sure, was also very funny.

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For years, Mickey was used as an everyman like character, who’s hilarious antics totured the lives of his friend Goofy, Donald, and dog Pluto, who cannot talk, while Goofy, also a dog, can talk. Hilarious.

Now, of course, Mickey is more of a logo than anything else, but his hilarious visage is among one of the most recognizable in the world, providing millions with joy and laughter because, wow, he is just too funny.

To that end, we say “Happy Birthday, Mickey.” You keep being you.

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18 Nov 18:58

Here's how you should be investing if you're sitting on a lot of cash, but the stock market scares you

by Alex Morrell

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Summary:

• If you've always been reluctant to invest, put your money in a target date fund and you'll wake up years from now a lot richer than if you let that money sit in a savings account.

If you want any shot at a comfortable retirement, you need to be investing — yesterday.

Saving is great, but letting your money sit in an account earning no interest means it's going to lose value over time, thanks to inflation, when it could be earning interest and compounding exponentially instead. You need that investment growth to lift your retirement prospects, as many people won't be able to afford the same lifestyle of their younger days relying on the raw savings from their salary alone. 

"The more you put in today, the much more you'll have later down the road because of the time value of money and the growth on investment returns," Michael Solari, a certified financial planner with Solari Financial Management, told Business Insider.

But millennials, many of them scarred by the financial crisis and what they saw it do to their parents, are notoriously leery of the stock market. Only a third of people age 19-35 invest in the market, according to financial information website Bankrate.com.  

So what should you do if you feel ill-equipped or too nervous to deal with the stock market, but you've got several thousand dollars gathering dust in a bank that you'd like to put to work? 

First, understand that no investment comes devoid of risk. You've got to have some skin in the game to make money.

And in the current market climate, you're not going to get much of a return avoiding stocks entirely. 

"It's tough, because it's such a low-interest-rate environment, that getting exposure to something that's risk-averse has been extremely difficult for wealth managers and financial planners," Solari said. "If you're looking to get 4% or 5% you're not necessarily going to get that with bonds these days unless you're going to lower the credit quality. Then you're getting yourself into a rabbit hole." 

As a first step, you should at the bare minimum move your pile of money into a "high-yield" savings account. "High" in this scenario is relative. There are dozens of good options out there — Ally, Goldman Sachs, and Barclays all offer accounts with no minimum — but you're only looking at a 1% annual return, or $100 on $10,000 in savings. It's not much, but it's still 100 times better than traditional savings accounts, where you earn 0.01% on your money (that's $1 on $10,000). 

Set it and forget it

But in reality, you can get exposure to higher-interest investments with pretty low risk — especially if you're young and investing for the long haul.  

The smart play, according to Solari, is to put your money in a low-cost target date retirement fund. Sometimes known as "set it and forget it" investments, these diversified funds automatically adjust their asset allocation and risk exposure based on your age and retirement horizon. Early on, when the need for that money is still a couple decades away, the fund will adopt a more growth-focused strategy. As you ripen toward retirement, it dials back the risk. 

"If you're a novice investor, the best thing to do is go to Vanguard, open up a Vanguard account and pick a Vanguard target date retirement fund, because it's going to give you exposure to different asset classes," Solari said. "It's an index, so it's at a lower cost and you get diversification."

Again, nothing is ever guaranteed in the stock market, but if you've got a large chunk of money just sitting idle, this comes pretty close to a no-brainer. Consider that the S&P 500 has averaged an 11% annual return since 1966.

value of 10000 with different returnsIMDB / Paramount PicturesYou may not get 11% in your target date fund — given you'll be invested in a blend of stocks, bonds, and alternative assets — but if you get even 6% per year, that original $10,000 investment will be worth more than $32,000 in 20 years without you having to do a single thing. In your high-yield savings account, you're looking at $12,200, and in your traditional savings account, you wind up with $10,020.02

When you consider the money at stake here, there's really no reason to wait. Pay no attention to Donald Trump or whatever calamity the markets and prognosticators are hand-wringing about. Trying to time the market is a fool's errand.

"Instead of trying to navigate that, you really want to make sure you're in it. Because markets are up more often than they're down," Solari said. "No one can time the market, so know that if there is a decline, it's going to bounce back. Over time, being in the market pays off more so than staying out of it."

If you've always been queasy about investing, take a deep breath and trust fall into a target date fund. You'll wake up 20 years from now thousands richer than you would have been otherwise.  

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18 Nov 18:57

Amazon is going to sell cars online (AMZN)

by Eugene Kim

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Amazon has partnered with Fiat Chrylser to sell cars online for the first time, showing the company's growing ambition to go after the $1.2 trillion auto sales market.

According to Reuters, Fiat Chrysler will sell three models — the 500, the 500L, and the Panda — on Amazon's Italian site at a price that is up to 30% cheaper than other dealerships. The service will only be available in Italy.

The report said buyers will be connected with a dealer once they buy the car on Amazon. Then they will be able to finalize the deal with the dealer and pick up the car within two weeks of making the purchase. It's unclear if Amazon will be holding actual inventory or it's merely serving as a middleman for Fiat.

Amazon wasn't immediately available for comment.

The news comes just three months after Amazon launched a new car browsing site called Amazon Vehicles. The site lets users read and leave reviews while browsing the specs of thousands of different car models, although it doesn't allow actual purchases.

Some investors believe Amazon will eventually start selling cars on its US site. Morgan Stanley wrote in a note published in August that the launch of Amazon Vehicles, its partnership with Hyundai to deliver test drive vehicles, and the Echo integration with car brands all points to a new car selling site in the future.

During its most recent earnings, Amazon downplayed these speculations, saying the new Vehicles site is simply intended to be a research destination. But its head of investor relations Darin Manney did hint at the possibility of going further. He said:

"Certainly we'll try to build a one-stop shop for vehicles as an extension to the automotive store which engages customers to add information about their cars in their garage and which makes it actually easier to shop for parts and accessories for your particular vehicle. And so we think there's a lot of opportunity there to add convenience for customers."

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18 Nov 18:56

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18 Nov 18:55

The best Wi-Fi Range extender

by The Wirecutter

By David Murphy

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After spending 140 total hours researching Wi-Fi extenders and testing more than 20, we recommend the TP-Link AC1750 Wi-Fi Range Extender RE450 for most people who need to boost their Wi-Fi signal to part of a house or apartment. Though the RE450 costs around $100 at this writing, it's worth that price, as it offers the best combination of range, speed, portability, and physical connections of any extender we tested.

Why you should (or shouldn't) buy this

Before you invest in a Wi-Fi extender, first you should make sure your router is near the center of your living space and out in the open if possible, not hidden in a closet or behind a desk. If you've used the same wireless router for years, consider upgrading to a better one, such as our pick for the best Wi-Fi router. If you still can't get a signal where you need it, running an Ethernet cable directly from your router to a Wi-Fi access point or a router set up as one will get you much better performance than a Wi-Fi extender. But if you can't run Ethernet and parts of your home or apartment still don't get a good Wi-Fi signal, a wireless extender can help.

How we picked and tested

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We tested the final 13 contenders after looking at 39 extenders. Photo: David Murphy

A good extender, like a modern router, should support both the older, more crowded 2.4 GHz band and the newer, faster 5 GHz band. You also need a dual-band extender to avoid the performance hit of connecting to your devices on the same band as the one for connecting to your router. An extender should also support at least two spatial streams (also called data streams) on each band. We looked at any N600 or AC1200-plus extenders from major manufacturers that met these criteria, had good reviews (if any), and weren't too expensive.

To test the 13 final contenders, we set up one of the fastest routers we've tested, Netgear's R8500, in one corner of a 2,577-square-foot, single-story house, with the extender in the next room, to minimize the effects of the router's performance on the extender's benchmarks and to test the range of the extenders' signals.

We connected each extender to the router's 5 GHz Wi-Fi signal. For the tests, we connected an Asus ZenBook UX305LA (which uses two-stream 802.11ac Wi-Fi) to each extender from two locations—one obstructed and one unobstructed—both 43 feet away from the extender.

We tested the extenders using iPerf3, a network monitoring and measuring tool, to evaluate data transfers between a desktop PC (connected to the router via Gigabit Ethernet) and our test laptop. Each iPerf3 test attempted to transfer as much data as possible from the test laptop to the desktop PC (via a single TCP connection). We let 15 seconds elapse before recording the average transfer speed across 60 one-second intervals, and ran each test for each extender, on each band, at each test location. To learn more about our testing plan, read our full guide.

Our pick

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The TP-Link RE450 will eat up most of your wall socket when you plug it in—the price you pay for great Wi-Fi range. Photo: David Murphy

The TP-Link AC1750 Wi-Fi Range Extender RE450 is the best wireless extender for most people because it offers incredible performance at long range and supports the fastest wireless speeds of any device you're likely to own, even if you have a MacBook Pro. It was the only extender that hit triple-digit speeds on our easier long-range 5 GHz test, and its long-range 2.4 GHz performance was better than that of everything else we tested. This model is simple to set up, and it has a few useful features within its easy-to-navigate user interface.

The biggest issue with the RE450 is its size. It's huge. If you plug it into a wall outlet, bigger devices (like a power strip) likely won't have room.

Even so, in each of our tests, the RE450 had not just the best performance of any of the extenders in the group, but also the best price-to-performance ratio (aside from our slower, cheaper budget pick). You spend about as much for the RE450 as you would for our best Wi-Fi router pick, but you get proportionate speed and range—the most of any extender we've recently tested.

For home offices and entertainment centers

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Linksys's RE6500 isn't as convenient as a wall-plug extender, but it has more Gigabit Ethernet ports and doesn't take up much space on a coffee table or shelf. Photo: David Murphy

If our pick is sold out or unavailable, or if you have a lot of wired devices that need access to your home network, the Linksys AC1200 Max Wi-Fi Range Extender RE6500 is an excellent alternative. In our tests it gave us around three-fourths the speed of our primary pick; of all the wireless-ac extenders we recently tested, however, it had the second-fastest average speeds and the second-best price-to-performance ratio. In addition, it won't block an extra wall outlet, it has three more Gigabit Ethernet ports than our pick, and its user interface is more helpful for people with less networking experience. Read more in our full guide.

The low-cost, last-gen alternative

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The Asus RP-N53 is a tiny, wireless-n extender with a signal-strength LED indicator plus another LED on the back that works as a night-light. Photo: David Murphy

If you just need Wi-Fi in a far-flung area, don't care about 802.11ac, and don't want to spend a lot of money, get the Asus RP-N53 Dual-Band Wireless-N600 Range Extender. This wall-plug 802.11n extender is notably small, but it offers better performance and features than other extenders in its price range, including an easy-to-use Web configuration screen, music-streaming capabilities, and the ability to function as a night-light. To learn more, see our full guide.

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18 Nov 18:54

20 most spectacular game worlds on PC

by Samuel Roberts
The Witcher 3

The Witcher 3

Between the northern European landscapes of Wild Hunt and the Mediterranean charms of Blood & Wine, CD Projekt Red provides a gorgeous and complete representation of the Witcher universe. It’s not just the bleakly beautiful vistas that make regions like the Skellige archipelago so extraordinary to explore, it’s that the developers clearly thought about how genuine wild places feel when creating them. Also, Toussaint is the closest games have come to offering a fantasy holiday destination you’d actually want to visit.  

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Arma 3

Bohemia is the king of beautiful and sprawling environments. The 270km2 island of Altis in Arma 3 is one hell of an achievement, and thanks to the heavy emphasis on simulation in the Arma games, it feels extremely realistic. I still count the day I spent wandering around there with the rest of the PCG team—while Andy Kelly played with the weather and mission conditions in Arma 3’s Zeus Mode—as one of the most thrilling I’ve had in an open world. In the Apex expansion, Tanoa offers an arguably more compelling jungle setting to enjoy. 

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Grand Theft Auto 5

I love that GTA V’s Los Santos understands the appeal of Los Angeles as a vast urban sprawl, with both beautiful and rough areas. All my favourite places are represented in Rockstar’s open-world crime capital, despite it being a fraction of the size of the real thing. And the way it captures the city’s flat, pounding heat is a step beyond what we once expected from visual effects in games. This is better than the real world. At Christmas, Rockstar covers the city in snow in GTA Online. This year I’ve planned my holidays around it. 

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Sleeping Dogs

A friend once told me the food in Sleeping Dogs’ night market looked so good that it made him hungry in real life. He’s not wrong. I frequently find myself with a strong hankering for a pork bun when I play this game. It may have been created in the spirit of the various trashy crime games that sprang up in the wake of GTA III, but its recreation of Hong Kong is remarkable. While Rockstar seems mainly interested in bringing American cities to life, Sleeping Dogs is a strong attempt at replicating another part of the world. 

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Arkham Knight

Rocksteady went from creating an isolated but convincing setting in Arkham Asylum to a beautifully grim urban sprawl in Arkham Knight, decorated with a Blade Runner-ish mix of bright lights and endless rainfall. It’s one of the best open-world settings around, even if the game’s tiring use of the Batmobile muddies your perception of it a little bit. The stuttery PC port aside, everyone should glide over this gigantic version of Gotham at least once. It’s just such a detailed representation of Batman and his fictional universe. 

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Dishonored

The world of Dishonored is represented in the first game through a collection of hub-style urban environments packed with side stories and bits of lore to uncover. A mix of magic, Georgian imperialism and whale-oil powered steampunk, the rat-infested, historically familiar and not overly stylised city is a neat sidestep from Thief. The second game will build on those little impressions of a wider world that you glimpsed out of the corner of your eye while playing this one. Personally, I can’t wait to see more of the place. 

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Mad Max

It’s no classic when it comes to combat or story, but Avalanche’s Mad Max is just the ticket if you’ve seen Fury Road and ever fancied using the game’s photo mode to mimic imagery from the movie. The game’s vast, nearly Just Cause-sized setting has a surprising amount of colour variation and unexpected weather effects, which collectively create a decent facsimile of the post-apocalyptic wasteland the movies are famous for. 

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Dark Souls 3

While the first Souls game features some of the series’ most memorable locations, the third game’s haunting, gothic world has much more fidelity. From the faded grandeur of the colossal Lothric Castle to the haunting, wintry Irithyll of the Boreal Valley, it’s one of From Software’s greatest artistic achievements. And as well as looking pretty, the locations fill in the blanks left by the sparse, enigmatic story. Places like the Cemetery of Ash are full of subtle clues about the series’ rich mythology. 

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

If you’re looking for an amazing fantasy world, The Witcher 3 probably clinches it, but Skyrim offers a little more high fantasy without as much grime, and with more dragon fights. Its variety of tundra still impresses, and with mods like Flora Overhaul and Realistic Water Two, it can look as contemporary now as your PC is able to handle. Or, you can wait for the Bethesda devs to update it themselves next month.

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Bioshock and Bioshock 2

Revisiting Rapture for this feature made me remember just how new and foreign it felt the first time I saw the storefronts in the Medical Pavilion, or a giant diving-suit man walking through a flooding atrium escorting a demonic-looking little girl. Rapture is so bloody strange, in its mix of sci-fi otherworldliness and art deco. It’s perhaps the strongest instance of fiction and setting working together on this list—an unforgettable journey under the sea. 

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Bioshock Infinite

Play BioShock now and the size of its locations reflects the technical constraints of the time, however well the accomplished art direction covers it. Play Infinite, and it feels like the sky city of Columbia was created with unlimited resources and few restrictions. It’s dreamlike, varied and gorgeous. It doesn’t have to leave anything to the imagination—from the Hall of Heroes to the Shanty Town and Elizabeth’s tower, it’s a whole game of postcard-worthy sights, brought to life by a team of amazingly talented artists. 

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Firewatch

The Shoshone Forest of Firewatch was created from the stylish 2D art and direction of popular artist Olly Moss. And then, remarkably, it was built in 3D by just one person—environment artist Jane Ng. It feels sun-parched and wild—and rambling, despite the environment having been created mainly for the purposes of telling a linear story rather than exploration. This Wyoming wilderness is a place filled with secrets, where you will inevitably take lots of arty screenshots you’ll then shamefully upload to Steam. 

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Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag

Aside from Venice in Assassin’s Creed II,Black Flag’s setting is the only one I find exciting in Ubisoft’s third-person murder universe. The art is always great in these places, they just don’t feel handcrafted. That’s not a problem when much of your game is set at sea, and you travel by ship between islands and other biomes, with the occasional settlement like Havana thrown in. Black Flag offers a sense of real exploration, inspired perhaps by the best 3D Zelda game, Wind Waker, which the series would do well to recapture on its inevitable rebirth over the next few years. 

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The Witness

This unusual, sort-of-Myst-inspired island of maze puzzles integrates its mysterious environment into its challenges. You’re always learning more about it, and little of that is superficial. It’s a gorgeous, handcrafted landscape, and you can see why it took Jonathan Blow and company over seven years to make. But having said that, do you ever look at these inoffensive Clinton Card images and think, “wouldn’t it be good if I could land a military chopper on this shit then pop a bullet in some poor bastard’s head?” Joking.   

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Deus Ex: Human Revolution

I deliberated on this one with Andy, since Prague in Mankind Divided has many gorgeous-looking districts, and has benefitted from five years of progress in videogame technology. But Human Revolution’s Hengsha holds up. It’s not huge, but the use of signage and densely packed, narrow streets creates a convincing sense that this is the bottom rung of a two-tiered futuristic city. Nothing feels over-designed, and the Hive nightclub is a standout. 

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Far Cry: Primal

Andy and Tony suggested Far Cry 4, an equally beautiful setting that’s immersive enough to keep you playing for dozens of hours, but I love Primal’s stone age backdrop. The sound design is brilliant and often unsettling: in the distance you hear the cries of creatures that no longer exist. The effect of this untouched setting, as well as your relatively primitive powers (remote-controlled owls notwithstanding), is that you never feel entirely safe exploring it. I marginally prefer it to the other Far Crys for that reason, though the whole series offers some pretty amazing places to visit. 

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Fallout 4

Future Boston itself is a pretty, damaged urban environment, but it’s the edges of the map I love. The journey to the irradiated Glowing Sea is so memorable, as you travel from the withered trees on its outskirts to a nightmarish deathtrap filled with Fallout’s nastiest creatures. You find the eerie remnants of an aircraft and a church, among other things. Maybe Bethesda’s post-Oblivion RPGs are starting to feel a little familiar in structure, but there’s no doubting that the team making these worlds are at the top of their game. 

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Half-Life 2

Half-Life 2’s world still captivates, partly because of the skilled way Valve rolls back each layer to reveal the next. It’s all revealed one map at a time along your journey, until you’ve built up a detailed picture of this conquered world. It helps that they’re always giving you something new to do. From the canals of City 17 to Ravenholm and Nova Prospekt, Valve’s visual storytelling is still unparalleled. Half-Life 2 has dated, inevitably for a 12-year-old game, but its environments still have the power to dazzle. 

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Alan Wake

I waited my whole life for a game set in the Pacific Northwest of Twin Peaks, then I got two in the space of about a year: Alan Wake and Deadly Premonition. Alan Wake’s misty forests, empty cabins and eerily unpopulated towns are the perfect setting for this mostly nighttime horror shooter. A clever recurring technique used by Remedy is the teasing of enemies and new locations in the far distance, something made possible by game engine tech originally put in place when Alan Wake was going to be open-world.   

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Metro: Last Light

Here’s a cheerful note to end on. The post-nuclear Moscow setting of the Metro series offers the most beguiling and tonally bleak post-apocalypse around, whether you’re in the irradiated overworld, or one of the admirably detailed underground settlements filled with NPCs telling stories of the game’s horrible setting. For me, the highlight of exploring this world came early on when I found a downed aircraft that had been rotting among the ruins for two decades. I experienced the plane’s final moments in a vision, before returning to its depressing present-day remnants. Misery has never looked so attractive. 

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18 Nov 18:52

Asus ROG GX800 laptop trades mobility for liquid-cooled GTX 1080 SLI

by Paul Lilly

You might have thought that when Asus debuted its water-cooled GX700 laptop last year that it would be a one-and-done design, but you'd be wrong. Asus is at it again, this time with the ROG GX800, a similar looking system that's even bigger and more powerful.

Instead of a 17-inch panel, Asus supersized the ROG GX800 with an 18.4-inch display. It still boasts a 4K (3840x2160) resolution, as anything less could be deemed silly on such a sensible system (just a bit of slight sarcasm there), along with 100 percent coverage of the RGB color space. Oh, and it supports G-Sync, too.

Underneath the massive hood is an Intel Core i7-6820HK processor that's begging to be overclocked and not one, but two GeForce GTX 1080 GPUs in SLI. Yeah, it's like that.

This is a no-compromise laptop. Well, except for the obvious—portability. It's big (458x338x454mm) and heavy (5.7kg) all on its own, but add the Hydro Overclocking System, which tacks on another 4.7kg, and you're looking at staying stationary for a spell.

The cooling system is the most unique thing about the GX800. It's essentially a liquid cooling dock that allows you to overclock the CPU, GPU, and RAM without fear of the thing cooking itself.

"With the Hydro Overclocking System, ROG GX800’s Intel K-SKU CPU can be overclocked to 4.2GHz so you get mind-blowing levels of performance. The graphics cards can be overclocked to 1961MHz, while VRAM and DRAM can be pushed up to 5,200MHz and 2,800MHz respectively," Asus claims.

Configurations will come with up to 64GB of DDR4-2800 RAM. It also supports up to three M.2 PCIe-based SSDs in RAID 0 and has built in 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, two USB 3.1 Type C ports, three USB 3.0 ports, separate microphone and headphone jacks, a GbE LAN port, HDMI and mini DisplayPort output, and a memory card reader.

Asus didn't say when the GX800 will be available or for how much, though with the GX700 selling for around $4,700, we suspect this one will top the $5,000 mark.

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18 Nov 18:51

A 14-year-old in Britain just won the right to have her body frozen for thousands of dollars — here's the science behind it

by Lindsay Dodgson

cryopreservationA 14-year-old girl in Britain has just been granted the right to have her body cryonically frozen in the hope that she will be brought back to life one day. The teen, from London, was dying from cancer when she took her case to the high court.

"I don’t want to be buried underground. I want to live and live longer and I think that in the future they might find a cure for my cancer and wake me up," she said. "I want to have this chance. This is my wish."

Cryonics is the practice of preserving a human body in extremely cold temperatures after they die, with the hope of being able to revive them sometime in the future when science has advanced enough.

People who undergo the procedure must be declared legally dead, as it's illegal to cryonically preserve someone who's still alive. However, legally dead is not the same as completely dead. Legal death occurs when the heart has stopped beating, but you're technically still alive until all brain function ceases.

Cryonics works in this narrow but crucial window, to preserve that tiny amount of cell function that's still happening. If you sign up at one facility, the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Arizona, the protocol consists of four elements: deployment and standby, stabilization, cryoprotectant perfusion and cryogenic cool-down.

1. Deployment and standby

You have to be signed up with a cryonics facility before your death, so that the team can be prepared. Decomposition starts happening pretty much immediately, so the window of time for the team to start the preservation process is narrow. 

They will still try though. On the Alcor website it states: "it is a general principle of cryonics that cryopreservation should proceed after legal death even under poor biological conditions when standard protocol procedures cannot be performed."

A team is notified of your death and rushes to your side once you've passed, and they stabilize your body by supplying your brain with oxygen and blood to preserve minimal function.

2. Stabilization

After this, you are injected with heparis — an anticoagulant that prevents blood clots — and packed in ice. Your lungs might be ventilated too.

If it will take a long time to be transported to the operating room, your blood may be replaced with an organ preservation solution.

3. Cryoprotectant perfusion

The freezing begins when you reach the cryonics facility. Your body cannot simply be frozen in liquid nitrogen because it would damage your cells. You are around 70% water, so if it all froze, your cells would shatter.

Instead, the cryonics team starts a process called vitrification. They remove all the water from your cells and replace it with a chemical mixture of organ preservation and antifreeze chemicals called a cryoprotectant.

In theory, this protects organs and tissues from forming ice crystals and instead are put into a state of suspended animation. It's the same technique that has dramatically improved the way eggs and embryos are frozen and thawed in fertility treatments. 

Vitrification has successfully been used to freeze small pieces of tissue, and scientists even managed to preserve and recover the brain of a rabbit. However, we're probably still a long way off from being able to freeze and thaw larger structures, as vitrifying organs such as human kidneys for transplantation has not been done successfully. 

4. Cryogenic cool-down

Once vitrified, your body is cooled on a bed of dry ice until it reaches -130 degrees Celsius. Then you're placed head down in a large metal tank filled with liquid nitrogen at around -196 degrees Celsius. 

It costs over £100,000 to get your whole body cryonically preserved, but for a smaller fee, you can choose just to freeze your brain. This relies on the idea that one day in the future, scientists will be able to grow a clone of your body and you will somehow be revived. 

That's still not the end of it though.

Nobody has ever been revived from being frozen, because this technology doesn't exist. It also hasn't been around enough for everyone who has been preserved to be cured from whatever illness was killing them in the first place. 

That being said, medicine has come a long way in that people are often, technically, brought back from the dead. Defibrillators can shock your heart into a regular rhythm again, and in some surgeries, people are cooled down to very low temperatures so doctors can operate on aneurysms. 

There's also the ethical issues to consider about whether a clone grown from your cells would really be "you" or not. With the brain being such a complex organ, it's also impossible to know how much damage has been done by the process until you wake them up again.

The biggest problem with revival would be thawing a person the right way at the right speed. If it isn't done exactly right, your cells could turn to ice and be destroyed. 

The first person to be cryonically preserved was 73-year-old Dr James Bedford, who was frozen in 1967. He died of kidney cancer and was frozen a few hours after his death. In the cryonics community, January 12th is celebrated as "Bedford Day."

According to Alcor, Bedford's body is still in a good condition. It's quite possible that his metastasized cancer would be treatable now if he were revived, it's just the warming him back up again that needs to be figured out. 

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18 Nov 18:48

Oil rig count spikes by 19

by Akin Oyedele

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The US oil rig count jumped by 19 to 471 this week, according to oilfield-services giant Baker Hughes.

It was the largest weekly increase since July 2015, and the highest number of rigs since the week ending February 5, 2016.

Last week, the tally of oil rigs increased by two.

As crude prices stabilized in a price range between $40 and $50 per barrel earlier this year, demand for oilfield services increased. That spiked the rig count at a pace not seen since oil prices crashed two years ago. 

Oil prices swung negative after the data release on Friday. The West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures contracts for December delivery expire on Monday, which means that the market could get more volatile before then. 

WTI was down 0.7% to $45.09 per barrel.

This is the latest chart of the count:11 18 16 oil rigs chartREUTERS/Jim Urquhart

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18 Nov 18:47

What you need to know on Wall Street right now

by Business Insider

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Welcome to Finance Insider, Business Insider's summary of the top stories of the past 24 hours.

The plot thickens. 

Prosecutors in New York on Thursday charged two executives over a kickback scheme meant to inflate the value of a specialty pharmacy before it was sold to Valeant. Lawyers representing the executives have said the two will prove their innocence

The charges filed so far are putting the focus on a man who worked for both Valeant and Philidor, the specialty pharmacy that was selling Valeant's products directly to patients.  

Valeant's share price dropped on the news of the charges, before recovering. But the market seems to be ignoring a massive elephant in the room, according to Business Insider's Linette Lopez.

In related news, Bill Ackman, the activist hedge fund manager who heads Pershing Square Capital Management, could soon have a seat on Chipotle's board. And hedge funds fled healthcare stocks before the election — and may have missed out on big money.

In markets news, the Nasdaq has hit a new intraday all-time high, and a "violent rotation" is taking place in the market, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch

The Bank of Mexico says the US election has made the global economy "more complex." And here's how money managers at a $813 billion investment giant tweaked their strategy after Trump won.

In deals news, DraftKings and FanDuel are merging. Brookfield Asset Management has proposed a deal to take a 50% to 60% percent stake in TerraForm Power. And Tesla shareholders have approved the SolarCity takeover.

Here's everything you need to know about the solar roof Tesla plans to build with SolarCity.

In tech news, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is done cozying up to Microsoft — now he's BFFs with Amazon. And here's what Apple's suppliers are saying right now about iPhone 7 sales.

Lastly, here's how to choose a turkey for Thanksgiving.

Here are the top Wall Street headlines at midday

Economist on Trump's impact: '¯\_(ツ)_/¯' - Paul Ashworth, the chief economist at Capital Economics, does not know what to make of President-elect Donald Trump's effect on the economy.

LORD TURNER: 'We are in a deeply profound deflationary trap' - With the world gripped in a deep deflationary trap and seemingly no clear way out, former UK Financial Services Authority chief Lord Turner is advocating a policy of debt monetization, with central banks financing major fiscal deficits.

Article 50 author: Populism will not 'sweep' across the west — it will soon 'fade' - Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, a British peer who has served as an ambassador both to the EU and US, does not expect rising populism across the west to deliver any more shock results in upcoming major elections.

China is really worried about capital outflows - Chinese policymakers have been unfazed by the yuan's recent slide, but they are ready to slow its descent for fear of fanning capital flight if the currency falls too quickly through the psychologically important 7-per-dollar level, policy advisers said.

Volkswagen is spiking 30,000 jobs as part of a huge restructuring programme - The German carmaker Volkswagen is axing about 30,000 jobs over the next five years as part of a huge restructuring programme.

The new Maserati Levante SUV has raised the luxury bar - It would be hard to overestimate the importance of the Levante SUV for Maserati. 

18 Nov 18:43

The best pro gaming to watch this weekend

by James Busby

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Although the Rainbow Six Pro Season 3 Finals came to an end, there’s still plenty of explosive action to watch–from the intense firefights of CS:GO and Overwatch to the fantastic coordination of Dota 2 and League of Legends. All the details on this weekend’s action can be found below.

CS:GO: Intel Extreme Masters Season XI Oakland

The CS:GO Intel Extreme Masters concludes in Oakland this weekend as the teams battle it out for their share of the $300,000 prize pool. Quarterfinals kick off Saturday at 10:45 PST / 19:45 CET, while the semifinals start the following day at 10:00 PST / 19:00 CET. The grand finals start at 18:00 PST, but those of us in Europe will need to be up bright and early on Monday to catch the explosive action at 03:00 CET. Tickets can be purchased here, while the event can be watched live by heading over to the official site.  

League of Legends: Intel Extreme Masters Season XI Oakland

The Intel Extreme Masters will also be holding a League of Legends tournament with six international teams starting this Saturday. The IEM Oakland champions will be competing for $100,000 and will also qualify for the crowning event at IEM Katowice at Spodek Arena on March 2017. Playoffs begin at 10:00 PST / 19:00 CET, while the semifinals start Sunday at 9:30 PST / 18:30 CET. The grand finals will start at 17:00 PST / 02:00 CET and can be watched over on Lolesports.

Dota 2: Summit 6  

It’s been a lengthy wait for Dota 2 fans, but The Summit 6 finally gives us something to look forward to before The Boston Major in December. The Summit 6 is held outside Los Angeles, California with a $100,000 prize pool up for grabs. The summit tournaments are known for their fun, casual atmosphere and laid back couch commentary. Amongst the various pro players present at the event, there will also be some special guests to look out for. More information about the event and its schedule can be found here.

StarCraft II: HomeStory Cup XIV

This event is organised by StarCraft II caster Dennis "TaKe" Gehlen. TaKe invites star players from around the world into his home to compete for their share of the $20,000 prize pool. The first group stage can be viewed today at 04:15 PST / 13:15 CET, while the second group stage and playoffs begin Saturday. HomeStory Cup provides multiple streams and interviews that aim to create a fun atmosphere for both players and fans alike. You can watch the event live here.

Street Fighter V: Asia/Oceania Regional Finals

The Capcom Pro Tour 2016 Asia Finals take place this Saturday at the Global Game Exhibition in Busan, South Korea. So far the CPR has brought together players and spectators from all over the world to share their love of Street Fighter. The Asia finals are sure to pack a punch and can be watched over on Twitch. Full schedule and times can be found here

Overwatch: Carbon Masters

In the wake of an action-packed qualifying event, teams -Bird Noises- and Denial Esports came out victorious. They will now join the six invited teams, to battle it out in the competitive playoffs, which kicks off on November 19th at 11:00 PST / 20:00 CET. All eight teams have a lot to prove, as the best North American Overwatch players will be battling it out to prove their worth. The event can be watched over on Carbon Entertainment’s Twitch channel.

Rocket League: Cross Pacific Championship Cup

Rocket League’s two day Cross Pacific Championship Cup takes place this weekend. The tournament will pit the Oceanic and South American regions against one another to determine who's the best at Rocket League. The finals will take place today 15:00 PST / 00:00 CET and will continue tomorrow at 14:00 PST / 23:00 CET. You can catch all the action on Twitch

Hearthstone: Red Bull Team Brawl

Red Bull's second Team Brawl is this weekend, an invitational that pits teams of three against each other in simultaneous games. The teams will be able to talk among themselves during the matches to strategize, and deck building is limited to the "sealed" format where each team gets 240 cards they must use to build three decks. The tournament starts tomorrow at 12:00 PST / 21:00 CET can be watched on Twitch

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18 Nov 07:28

Volkswagen to cut 30,000 jobs at VW brand by 2021: source

Volkswagen logo is pictured at the newly opened Volkswagen factory in WrzesniaBy Jan Schwartz WOLFSBURG, Germany (Reuters) - German carmaker Volkswagen and its labor unions have agreed to 30,000 job cuts by 2021 at its VW brand as part of a plan to boost profitability and fund a shift to electric and self-driving cars after its emissions scandal, a source told Reuters on Friday. Europe's largest automaker is trying to increase savings at its biggest unit in Germany, where its costs are high, while needing to find billions of euros to pay for the cleanup related to its diesel emissions cheating scandal. The agreement, details of which are to be announced at a news conference at 9.30 am local time (0830 GMT), foresees 3.7 billion euros ($3.9 billion) in annual savings at VW's namesake brand, which will involve 23,000 job cuts in Germany alone, another source said.


18 Nov 07:19

Amazon video going global in Netflix challenge

Amazon Prime Video service is currently available in Austria, Britain, Germany, Japan and the United States, with a promise of availability soon in IndiaAmazon is poised to challenge Netflix on the global stage with a massive expansion of its on-demand video streaming service, The Wall Street Journal reported. Amazon Prime Video service is currently available in Austria, Britain, Germany, Japan and the United States, with a promise of availability soon in India. This would put the Seattle-based online retail titan's on-demand video service on a level playing field with Netflix, which at the start of this year expanded to 190 countries to proclaim itself the first global television service.


18 Nov 07:18

DEATH TAKES A RIDE? Girl captures chilling pic of 'child ghost' in mom's car

by foxnewsonline@foxnews.com (Fox News Online)
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A girl’s chilling selfie in a car appears to show a ‘child ghost’ sitting in the back seat which paranormal experts believe was a warning from beyond the grave.

Melissa Kurtz, 48, was driving her daughter Harper to a beauty pageant when the 13-year-old became bored and started taking snaps of herself.

However the mum-of-two claims she later spotted the ghostly face of a young boy lurking behind Harper  – despite insisting there was one else in the car with them.

Researching the stretch of road they were travelling on, Melissa discovered that the spooky selfie coincided with the anniversary of a deadly road accident which she thinks could have involved the same little lad.

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Multiple paranormal investigators analysed the image with one claiming the ghost’s hand appeared to be reaching for Harper.

But Melissa says she was not scared by the suspected haunting as she claims Harper is a magnet for paranormal activity.

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PIC FROM MERCURY PRESS (PICTURED: HARPER KURTZ, 13, TAKING A SELFIE ON A CAR JOURNEY WHEN A GHOST APPEARS OVER HER SHOULDER)A mum claims her daughter caught the moment a child ghost hitchhiked a ride in their car and experts believe it was an accident victim warning her to wear a seatbelt.Melissa Kurtz, 48, was driving her daughter Harper to a beauty pageant when the 13-year-old became bored on the 45-minute journey began taking selfies.However later the mum-of-two spotted the ghostly face a young boy lurking on the back seat appearing to reach towards Harper despite no one else being in the car with them.Researching the stretch of road they were travelling on, Melissa discovered that the apparitions appearance coincided with the anniversary of a death in a road accident that she believes was possibly the same child. SEE MERCURY COPYExpand / Contract

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Melissa, from Florida, said: “Where the picture was taken there was an automobile accident one year ago exactly. When I looked into it, someone had been medevacked away in a helicopter.

“However they would not tell me any specific details when I enquired, which leads me to believe that it was a child, as that might be why they couldn’t provide the information.

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“I didn’t notice it until about a month later when I was going through my camera when taking pictures for something else.

“It was a real ‘Oh my god’ moment. I was really shocked by it, incredibly shocked. I ran into the other room and said to friends who were staying with me ‘you have to see this’. Everyone was awestruck.

“I think it’s very important to the world to see that picture because I know it’s genuine and real and we were the only two in the car.

“So many people have hope for the afterlife and this proves it – to me anyway. People [who have seen it] have taken comfort in that.

“Harper didn’t have her seatbelt on and one of the investigators who analysed the photo called Greg Pocha thought [the ghost] could be trying to warn her.

“[Her seatbelt] is something I yell at her about all the time. I’ve had 13 traffic tickets in two years due to her not wearing one. She is very stubborn – though I’m always trying to catch her when she hasn’t got it on.

"I'm not sure about that as it really looks to me like he has two fingers up, like he is putting rabbit ears up behind her. I think it is just a little boy playing, trying to be funny. I think it's a positive thing though.

"[However] I very much appreciate that if the child has died because of not having a seatbelt on then that's what he could be doing."

The image was taken in July this year on a highway in the Maitland area of Florida, near Orlando, when Melissa, a photographer and writer, was driving Harper to a junior beauty pageant, where she eventually placed fourth.

Melissa was so shocked by the image she submitted it to Greg Pocha, who is director of parapsychology, afterlife and paranormal studies at Eidolon Project Canada.

He claims that using an image analysis program, also used by the FBI and CIA, shows the boy has no colour or 'temperature' in the picture, which he says adds 'to the possibility that the photo may be authentic as a ghost photo'.

This story originally appeared on The Sun.

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